FILE --This file photo taken Tuesday, April 15, 2008, near Rawlins, Wyo., shows a male sage grouse performing his "strut". Federal wildlife officials are expected to make a decision Friday Oct. 25, 2013 about listing populations of sage grouse in Nevada and California as an endangered species. Miners, ranchers and others that operate on public lands have opposed the protections as an economic disaster. (AP Photo/Rawlins Daily Times, Jerret Raffety, File)